A two-year fellowship under Dr. Kurt Amplatz, a world-renowned pioneer and innovator in the field of cardiovascular radiology provided extensive experience in performing coronary catheterizations, pediatric cardiac catheterizations, general angiographic procedures, and interventional procedures.

Early clinical responsibilities at the University of Arizona included Chief of the angiographic section in the Department of Radiology, participation in all pediatric catheterizations, and responsibility for half of the cardiac catheterization procedures at the VA Hospital and provided further experience in the field of cardiovascular radiology.

This experience provides the background for my current primary roles in chest and pediatric radiology.

National Institutes of Health Ovitt (PI) 1983 — 1987 Research, Development and Evaluation of Minimally Invasive Systems for Detection and Quantification of Atherosclerotic Lesions in Coronary Arteries in Humans.Role: Principal InvestigatorFunding: $790,211

National Institutes of Health Ovitt (PI) 1980 — 1983 Research, Development and Evaluation of Systems for Non-Invasive Detection and Quantification of Atherosclerotic Lesions in Peripheral and Coronary Artieries.Role: Principal InvestigatorFunding: $625,000

National Heart and Lung Institute Ovitt (PI) 1977 — 1980 Improved Instrumentation and Techniques for Non-Invasive Detection Characterization and Quantification of Atherosclerosis for Research and Diagnostic Applications.Role: Principal InvestigatorFunding: $921,000

National Institutes of Health Buchwald (PI) 1972-1977 Program in Surgical Control of HyperlipidemiaThe goal of this project was to test the hypothesis that lowering serum cholesterol would prevent or reverse coronary atherosclerosis.Role: Co-InvestigatorFunding: $5,000,000